Fat Loss Quickie Home Office Workout – Days 11-16

I’m so far behind in my daily updates on how I’m doing on my January goal to do the 30 Day Fat Loss Quickie program, that I think I’ll just update you in one big post and get back on track with my updates.

In my Day 10 post I shared how easy it would be to quit at that point, I was really feeling the workouts, and it would be easy just to hang it up at that point, especially since my scale wasn’t cooperating (thank goodness the measuring tape was!). 

But I did press on. I committed to doing this program for 30 days, and I’m adamant that I’m going to get it done. So I am. As I write this it is now Day 21 of the program for me, and I’ve made it this far. And it’s gotten a lot easier (and the scale is moving now too!)

So, Only 9 more days to go.

But I’m jumping ahead of myself, here’s a brief synopsis of the last couple weeks of workouts:

Day 11 –  A biceps/Triceps/Abs day. By far the easiest strength workout day of all of them. On the cardio, my favorite here is the jump squats, only I don’t do the jump part (don’t have high enough ceilings). Those really get my heart going.

The motivation section today was a Change Series video on goals, and a motivational audio from Scott. These mind set materials continue to help me stay focused on both this health/fitness goal, and my business goals. Love that.

Day 12 – For strength today, we worked on shoulders and abs. The deltoid exercises are getting easier. I think I need to invest in a heavier set of hand weights.

But then we get to the cardio – and it’s squats, cardio squats. Doing these are good, but afterwards my legs are always a bit wobbly particularly as I walk down the stairs.

Today’s motivation was a 4 minute audio from Scott, which was good to listen to while I stretched after that cardio session.

Day 13 -  A down day – no strength or cardio workouts today, but there was a motivational audio from Scott on defining success for yourself. A topic near and dear to my heart.

Day 14 – Also a down day, but Scott has a Change Series video on Accountability and an audio to help keep us motivated on these down days. I actually decided to listen only to the audio today, and saved the change series video for the next day.

Day 15 – Started a new week of workouts today, with the “Monday” workout, even though it really wasn’t a Monday for me.  So this is the start of my third week on the Fat Loss Quickie program, and I really am concentrating on looking at how I can do better with this whole weight loss thing.

The strength workout was chest and abs, and I’m still modifying those pushups. (I’ve got my own little challenge going with myself to eventually be able to do those push-up!) And for the cardio, I still won’t do the burpees – not enough room in my space, so I modify by doing Scott’s recommendation – squat jumps (only without the jump, again not enough ceiling height)

Today’s motivational audio was an interview that Scott did with Isabel De Los Rios of The Diet Solution. After which I took a good look at the video on Isabel’s Diet Solution site, and learned a few new nutritional tips that I want to incorporate.

If you have a few minutes, I recommend checking out Isabel’s Diet Solution video, but be warned: there’s a sales pitch at the end of the video. I haven’t tried it out (yet); I just liked the free information and found it useful.

On day 15, I also went back and watched the motivational video from day 14, just so I didn’t miss out.

Okay, this is getting too long… I am going to break this into two posts after all…

Thanks again to you all for your support!